Disabling the Messenger service:
(1) Start the Services Panel.
(2) Look under the "Name" column, and find the "Messenger" name.
(3) To stop Messenger for current login session only, right-click Messenger listing and click Stop
(4) To disable Messenger completely, right-click Messenger and select Properties
and under "Startup Type" select "Disabled" and click "Stop".
[Note that starting, stopping or disabling most services requires administrator privileges]
The Messenger service runs on NT4, Win2000 and WinXP
Tested on Win2000 sp3 IE6, NN4.79, N7.0
Messenger Service of Windows
JMU Windows Messaging Service Article
Default Processes in Windows 2000
Michel I. Gallant
neutron@istar.ca